Grenade seized from suspect's house: Cops
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 24 2020:
In the aftermath of the IED blast at RIMS road early Thursday morning in which a child was hurt, a team of CDO Imphal East conducted cordon and search operation at the residence of one Wangjam Premchand alias Tabi at Singjamei Waikhom Leikai the evening at around 8 and seized one HE grenade.
Wangjam Premchand alias Tabi is a trained PREPAK cadre and is a specialist in assembling, planting/hurling of IEDs/HE Grenades, said police.
During the cordon and search operation under the command of Th Krishnatombi Singh, Addl SP(Ops)/IE, the team recovered the HE grenade from a banana grove within the homestead land, about 15 metres south-east of the house, said police.
Wangjam Premchand, who is evading police, is in- , volved in the several bomb blasts in Imphal city ahead of the coming Republic Day celebration, said police.
He is also involved in planting of IED/hand grenades at several Govt offices, residence of Govt officials, business establishments, contractors, etc for the purpose of raising party funds, added police.
The recovered HE grenade has been handed over to Singjamei Police Station for further investigation.
It may be noted that the IED blast on Thursda had injured Mardhya Wangkhem, a minor from Wangkhei.
Meanwhile, strengthening security measures for RD celebration, house to house search operation was also conducted in and around Chaoyaima Higher Secondary Ground, Thoubal and paddy fields and Kshetri Lekai areas where the RD celebration is going to be held for Thoubal district.
30 houses were searched thoroughly and all the inhabitants verified, said police.